Posted by: passinthru October 17, 2004
Whom to consider educated in this century!
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Well, one of my observations is that as you get closer to the truth, the subtlety of the circumstances increases. In Physics, take for exapmle the Theory of Relativity or the veil of Quantum mechanics. When they found out that a particle could be a wave as well and vice versa, this whole business of quantum mechanics evolved. Physics now fundamentally is in a state where probability exceeds knowledge. Now you can't predict what a particle, say an electron will do. It can go up and go down but you can never say for sure. No measuring device actually exists or will exist which can say for sure it will do this or that. If you try to measure it, you will inevitably alter the course of the experiment and if you leave it at that, you can't measure it. So the clsoer it gets to the fundamentals, the farther it strays from intuition. And this is related to thoughts. You yourself cannot predict what thoughts you will have a nanosecond from now. And this explains the mind. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.
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